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As for use the new interface seems to work much the same as the last. It looks new and refreshing and a lot of the functionality has had a good scrub up but within 10 minutes of use it just seemed very natural which, I suspect, is a real compliment to the designers. It seems to run alright on my iPhone 4 which was a big worry before hand as I feared I might have to update in the near future. Now I can take my time about this.

The only negative I’ve noticed so far is that there seems to be a slight increase in power usage compared to iOS 6. However, this is only anecdotal so might not actually exist in anything other than my mind.

So what conclusions to draw? Well the biggest one is that the interface doesn’t look a bit of a mess which iOS 6 did. This has a clear design approach running through the it which makes things appear more harmonious – whether they work any better is another point – but then I’ve spent a good portion of my adult life dealing with nonsensical OS so perhaps I’m not the best person to judge whether a clear design strategy is good – it certainly seems to be. The updating was a breeze, although this was in an Apple environment so I couldn’t say what it would be like outside of this but I guess it should be OK so long as you have a the latest versions of the OS etc. The big bonus was the lack of impact it had on the iPhone 4 which means I don’t have to rush my upgrade choice which somewhat reinforces my view that it is the iTunes/Apps world that is the real driver for Apple and the hardware is secondary – something you wouldn’t pick up on if your were to read the tech blogs who seem fixated with hardware, hardware, hardware.

So if you haven’t upgraded then do it as overall it will make things a whole lot better. Well that is my view 24 hours in. Now lets hope that Maverick is as painless.

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